Creative Quotations from Iris Murdoch for Jul 15

[blessOTMA]

I laughed at each one...a laugh that happens when we hear someone say the truth.

Thanks for posting!

[bewilderedhumanbeing]

"(...) but to be understood is not a human right. Not even to understand oneself is a human right." - my favourite, told by Hugh Peronett in "An Unofficial Rose"... but of course, there are more :)

[horizondreamer]

Iris Murdoch wonderful novels are so full of quotations like these, whether in voice of herself as the narrator, or their characters, that makes her a fascinating writer, her books really worth-reading

[jabberwock01]

That remark was meant for her discussions with Brian Magee on philosophy and literature. Sorry.

[jabberwock01]

We know what they didn't. The later tragic advent of Iris's Alzheimer's disease, as portrayed in the film 'Iris'.